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Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:10 pm |
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General Toppy discussions |
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Toppy going spare? |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 6
Views: 2569 |
If you don't feel confident taking the PSU out, I'm sure you could speak to andyfras and send him the whole Toppy. It would obviously cost more in postage.
He used to have a couple of spare Toppies ... |
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Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:04 pm |
| Forum: |
General Toppy discussions |
| Subject: |
Anybody still using a Toppy as their main viewing platform? |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 9
Views: 1969 |
I'm with andyfras. I use the Toppy for controlling most of what I watch, but I'll use the YouView box to record HD versions of programmes if available. Or in the case of Quest HD, because everything o ... |
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Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:48 pm |
| Forum: |
General Toppy discussions |
| Subject: |
Altair not connecting |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 28
Views: 3041 |
It'll find all the right ones, and possibly loads of others as well. It's a PITA to remove the duplicates and can make the Toppy unstable. Plus non-local ones are far more likely to have poor quality ... |
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Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:58 am |
| Forum: |
Bugs |
| Subject: |
Problems |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 77
Views: 2551 |
https://forum.toppy.org.uk/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=847 |
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Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:51 am |
| Forum: |
Bugs |
| Subject: |
Problems |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 77
Views: 2551 |
Bad timing.
Better read this......
https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/22-jun-2020-channel-broadcast-changes
I only found that yesterday (before reading this) as I record the odd thing off Quest. ... |
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Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:06 am |
| Forum: |
Bugs |
| Subject: |
Problems |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 77
Views: 2551 |
Could it be that the temporary replacement at Emley Moor isn't transmitting the lower numbered channels properly? Seems strange that we both have this issue with the same transmitter.
Where are you ... |
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Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:45 am |
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Bugs |
| Subject: |
Problems |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 77
Views: 2551 |
Interesting that you're having signal problems with the lower-numbered channels, just like I am. I've had to stop all Toppy recordings on 33 as it crashes the Toppy regularly - here that's most Channe ... |
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Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:13 am |
| Forum: |
Bugs |
| Subject: |
Problems |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 77
Views: 2551 |
I've had it where taking all the aerial connections apart, cleaning both sides of each connection and putting it all back together has fixed a poor connection. Corrosion? Moisture? Not sure what it wa ... |
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Tue May 26, 2020 6:00 pm |
| Forum: |
TAPs |
| Subject: |
Logos for TAPs |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 1503
Views: 347977 |
Thanks again for this.
At least one channel says I might need to rescan soon, so I'll update these at the same same time |
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Sat May 23, 2020 11:47 am |
| Forum: |
Firmwares, enhancements and upgrades |
| Subject: |
Replacing the current HDD with a larger 1TB HDD |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 56
Views: 16041 |
Unless you're transferring large amounts of data, the time taken in extracting the Toppy from my setup, taking it apart, taking the disk to the PC, finding the adaptor and connecting it, and then doin ... |
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Sun May 17, 2020 4:43 pm |
| Forum: |
Firmwares, enhancements and upgrades |
| Subject: |
Replacing the current HDD with a larger 1TB HDD |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 56
Views: 16041 |
Indeed. The Toppy USB circuitry is pretty poor. removing the Toppy disk and connecting it to the PC via USB and a caddy is many times faster. |
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Sun May 17, 2020 4:35 pm |
| Forum: |
General Toppy discussions |
| Subject: |
fsCheck Reports |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 305
Views: 73695 |
Thanks Geoff. I've had a look at the folders and there's nothing there. I assume that they and the recording won't cause any problems if I delete them. |
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Sat May 16, 2020 12:18 pm |
| Forum: |
General Toppy discussions |
| Subject: |
fsCheck Reports |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 305
Views: 73695 |
Oops - forgot to post mine:
File System Analysis
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Generated by fsCheck 1.5 on 14/05/2020 09:09
VERDICT: The file system appears GOOD
Number of folders ... |
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Thu May 14, 2020 9:25 am |
| Forum: |
Firmwares, enhancements and upgrades |
| Subject: |
Replacing the current HDD with a larger 1TB HDD |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 56
Views: 16041 |
I seem to remember someone fitting an SSD many years ago without issue. At the time it all seemed a bit pointless as the Toppy disk isn't heavily stressed and a slow disk works perfectly fine: the Top ... |
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Wed May 13, 2020 5:43 pm |
| Forum: |
MyStuff |
| Subject: |
MyStuff 'reset' |
YorkshireJumbo
Replies: 2
Views: 3658 |
Thanks for the reply. After 'redoing' all the options last night, they had reset again this morning. Looking at MyStuff.Dat in Antares, it was 0 bytes even when I exited MS. I guess that the sector wh ... |
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